MELIPONA ENZYMATIC HONEY
FROM COSTA RICA

"We have identified melipona enzymatic honey, which is engrained in age-old tradition and has been used for generations."

—Alix Toribio, CHANEL Innovation and Production Manager of Natural Raw Materials

The melipona bee, one of the smallest in the world, produces a rare and precious honey. At the open-sky laboratory in Costa Rica, CHANEL Research harvests very limited quantities of melipona enzymatic honey, in partnership with Alianza Campesina Flora Nueva, the local company that oversees the apiary. From hive to jar, this powerful ingredient is at the heart of the advanced LE LIFT PRO skincare line.

AN OPEN-SKY LABORATORY IN COSTA RICA

In Costa Rica, CHANEL has developed an exclusive, traceable supply chain in partnership with Alianza Campesina Flora Nueva. Melipona enzymatic honey, sourced from Melipona bees, is harvested with respect for nature and biodiversity by only collecting surplus honey and by not destroying the hives. Innovative hives called meliponario are custom built at the open-sky laboratory.

FROM HIVE TO JAR

Melipona bees are some of the smallest in the world. Lacking a stinger, they are found only in tropical regions. Their surplus honey is harvested once per year in the spring, and only in extremely small quantities: between 300 g and 2.5 kg per hive per year.

Highly concentrated in amino acids, melipona enzymatic honey has unique biological properties.

A RARE, PRECIOUS ACTIVE INGREDIENT 

CHANEL Research studied melipona enzymatic honey for 3 years. Thanks to a microfiltration process, the fortifying properties of this precious ingredient are preserved and concentrated in the new LE LIFT PRO formulas.

"This honey has the ability to stimulate over 70 biological processes. Processes which, as our observations have shown, are linked to the visible signs of skin aging.

In LE LIFT PRO, it targets the most advanced signs of skin aging."